/**
 * This file is part of Logisim-evolution.
 *
 * Logisim-evolution is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 *
 * Logisim-evolution is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with Logisim-evolution.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * Original code by Carl Burch (http://www.cburch.com), 2011.
 * Subsequent modifications by:
 *   + Haute École Spécialisée Bernoise
 *     http://www.bfh.ch
 *   + Haute École du paysage, d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Genève
 *     http://hepia.hesge.ch/
 *   + Haute École d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud
 *     http://www.heig-vd.ch/
 *   + REDS Institute - HEIG-VD, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
 *     http://reds.heig-vd.ch
 * This version of the project is currently maintained by:
 *   + Kevin Walsh (kwalsh@holycross.edu, http://mathcs.holycross.edu/~kwalsh)
 */

package com.cburch.hdl;

public interface HdlModel {

	// Registers a listener for changes to the values.
	public void addHdlModelWeakListener(Object owner, HdlModelListener l);

	// Compares the model's content with another model.
	public boolean compare(HdlModel model);

	// Compares the model's content with a string.
	public boolean compare(String value);

	// Gets the content of the HDL-IP component.
	public String getContent();

	// Get the component's name.
	public String getName();

	// Unregisters a listener for changes to the values.
	public void removeHdlModelWeakListener(Object owner, HdlModelListener l);

	// Sets the content of the component.
	public boolean setContent(String content);

	// Checks whether the content of the component is valid.
	public boolean isValid();

	// Displays errors, if any.
	public void showErrors();

	// Fire notification that the display has changed.
	public void displayChanged();

}
